armilla
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Searchable Lemmata: armille (AF), earmella (OE), armilla (L), armillum (L), armil (ME), arfel (W), armel (W), armil (MdE), armilla (MdE).
Alternate Forms: armilles, armillis.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Accessory;
ring or bracelet; sleeve (OE earmella). In specific senses, a stole bracelet worn at coronation.(ante 1000 - ante 1500)
3. Godwinus regi ... dedit trierem ... electis lxxx militibus decoratam, quorum unusquisque habebat duas in suis brachiis aureas armillas xvj uncias pendentes
[DMLBS FL. WORC. (I 195) circa 1040]
4. kant goruyd kyfret aryant eu tudet. Cant llen(.)ehoec o vn (..)a[m]gyffret. Cant armell ym arffet. A phympunt cathet. Cledyf gwein karrec dyrngell guell [n]o neb. cant kynan caffat.
[GPC T (45.2,12-15) ante 1400]
5. si vus avez fet en vus nule ascemeure ... pur plus del (var. bel) apparer ... Et mesme la maner armilles od cest orisoun: 'Accipe armillas sinceritatis'
Ecclesiastic/Regula.
[AND Ancren2 (111.13-17) circa 1250/1300]
6. accinctus ense similiter, armillas accipiat, dicente metropolitan: 'accipe armillas sinceritatis et sapientie divineque circumdationis indicium' ... iste armille in modum stole circa collum et ab utraque scapula usque ad compages brachiorum erunt dependents
Other.
[DMLBS Lib. Regal. (15) 1300/1399]
Sex: Female Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Arm, Hand.
1b(n.) ;
military decoration.(ante 1100)
1. Dextras communes esse virorum ac feminarum, quia utriusque sexus dexterae sunt. Armillae autem proprie virorum sunt, conlatae victoriae causa militibus ab armorum virtute: unde et quondam vulgo viriolae dicebantur. Ab intellectu autem circuli armilla non discrepat, quia ipsa quoque hoc, ubi ponitur, ambiendo constringit; sed armilla latius extenditur, circulus rotundus fit.
[DOE ISID. Etym. (19,31,16)]
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
2(n.)
Accessory;
other various senses: (fig.); book clasp; armillary sphere (astrological); a ring for hanging items.(ante 1100 - 1500)
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, From Old French and Latin.
For Welsh armel, armil cf. Falileyev (2000), 11.
The Old English form has been folk-etymologised as containing OE earm 'arm' and spelt accordingly.
WF:
Etym Cog: armilla.
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